Hi Prashant , > >>> >>> If its a public mailing list then I use a newsgroup reader that will >>> allow me to download the entire patch email as file and then use the >>> git apply on it. >>> >> may i know which newsgroup reader u use and how to setup that? thanks. >> > > I use Pan News reader > > http://pan.rebelbase.com/ > > Server : news.gmane.org > Linux Kernel : http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel > thanks for that i have set up the pan news reader. i tried applying patch but it dint work. guess have to check git apply for that. also, how do u clone a particular git tree for a particular tag for example if i use git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux-2.6 it will clone the linus latest tree but if i want to clone only till rc4 or rc5 of his tree how to do it. Warm Regards, Ravi Kulkarni. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies